Goal 4: Quality Education

GOAL 4: Quality Education

Ensure inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for all

UAEU has been listed in record 16 subjects by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021
The Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) – supports the UAEU’s strategic vision and mission by promoting emerging educational technologies and teaching pedagogies among faculty members and instructors. CETL provides its supporting functions using four units: Instructional Design Unit (ID) to oversee the massive online and blended course transformation process that has started in support of implementing smart teaching and learning in UAEU courses. A second unit titled Teaching Scholarship & Assessment Unit (TSA) supports the assessment of teaching and learning effectiveness and efficiency. A third unit in charge of Faculty Professional Development (FPD) which plans, develops, and manages the delivery of workshops, seminars, discussion panels, and forums to promote teaching excellence. The fourth unit in CETL is the Textbooks unit, which manages the digital textbooks provision via UAEU’s Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard).
Different Centres to support students
- Speaking Centre
- Writing Centre
- Language Centre
UAEU has been ranked the top business school in the UAE in the QS 2021 Global Executive MBA Rankings
UAEU has been named the nation's top university in Times Higher Education's ranking release which placed UAEU as the 39th best university in Asia.
Events and lectures for the public: The UAEU Continuing Education Centre provides a series of programmed events, lectures, and training sessions to which the local community is invited. These include language training, IELTS preparation and other useful skills like blockchain, artificial intelligence, Amazoogle, and design thinking. We offer another initiative to teach Arabic to non-native Arabic speaking children called ‘Arabic is the language of tolerance’. The library organises a series of ad hoc events for targeted audiences mainly outside the university. The Science & Innovation Park offers events and courses for the local population and school students to encourage innovative and creative thinking, e.g. seed fund coaching. Finally, the university career centre offers events and lectures that are only for the university alumni.
Student Affairs conduct a Customer Happiness Survey (every semester) to get the feedback of students on admission and registration services, overall rating about the teaching methods and courses offered to them.
Ph.D. Teaching Academy Program offered by CETL: The PhD Teaching Academy program is a blended program developed to prepare PhD students to start a teaching career in the academia. The program allows PhD students to learn how to manage large and small classes and gain hands-on experience with a range of teaching and learning pedagogies, instructional technologies, and best practices.
UAEU received 5-star rating for online learning according to the QS World University Ranking. This achievement confirms UAEU’s pioneering role in the educational process as a national institution through the development of its academic outcomes and programs that meet international standards.

Public resources: Free Access to Library (General Public) and UAEUX

UAEU provides free access to the library for the entire local community, which includes all citizens and residents in the UAE. The services include online databases, computer usage, or borrowing books. Please visit UAEU library portal for more information

UAEU also provides free edX courses for local high school students and other courses that are provided with free access for all. The university has a Continuing Education Centre that provides a range of courses targeting the local population outside the university.

The UAEU Continuing Education Centre provides a series of programmed events, lectures, and training sessions to which the local community is invited. These include language training, IELTS preparation and other useful skills like blockchain, artificial intelligence, Amazon, google, and design thinking. We offer another initiative to teach Arabic to non-native Arabic speaking children called ‘Arabic is the language of tolerance’. The library organizes a series of ad hoc events for targeted audiences mainly outside the university. The Science & Innovation Park offers events and courses for the local community and school students to encourage innovative and creative thinking.

UAEU colleges and research centers organizes different international conferences and workshops which are open to the local community.

Examples of public lectures, community educational events

The College of Education organized a 3-day event at the Dubai Expo, under the theme “Quality Education in the University of the Future”. The College of Education event in Expo Quality Education in the University of the Future included three sub-themes as follows:

- Day 1: Neuroscience of Education in Sports, STEM, Literacy: Interactive Games and Workshop for Neurotypical Children, Students of Determination, Educators and Parents.
- Day 2: Educators Reshaping the Future of Education during a Global Crisis.
- Day 3: Moving Beyond 21st Century Education: Lifelong Learning in Innovation-Enabling, Inclusive, and Global Environments.

Developing skills for academic based jobs
- Graduate Student Development Program Offers a Workshop on Developing skills for academic based jobs.
- Target Audience: This workshop is open to all. Graduate students are encouraged to attend.

The College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine at the United Arab Emirates University launched an awareness campaign entitled "Food Waste Audit", in cooperation with the Office of the Associate Provost for Research and participation of the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) several local educational institutions and with industry partners.

An awareness campaign seminar was conducted at Al Zayedia Secondary School for Girls in Al Ain on the topic “Reducing Food Waste”. Th campaign aims to create a sustainable environment on campus and to identify and recycle waste in sustainable environment projects, and to transform the campus into an environmentally friendly campus.

UAEU in collaboration with LuLu Hypermarket hosted a community awareness session as part of the "Sustainability Talk" series on "Empowering Community Members to Achieve Sustainability: Food Waste Management at the Household Level” at LuLu Hypermarket, Kuwaitat in Al Ain city.

UAEU specifically prohibits any discrimination of any kind against anyone because of gender, religion, age, disability, race, color, origin, or nationality. The UAEU ensures that access to lifelong learning activities is accessible to all, regardless of ethnicity, religion, disability immigration status or gender.